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Harmonia Caelestis
Caprice & Conceit from Seicento Italy
Charivari Agrèable
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'terrific virtuosic stuff' on Farina
Classic FM, 21st
January 2005 |
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"an outstanding disc... this is a
recital to shaft any shadow"
BBC Music Magazine
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"this delectable programme of 17th-century Italian chamber music ...
the cornett's lustrous, golden tone ... Charivari Agréable¹s
sparkling performances"
Daily Telegraph |
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"A ray of sunshine piercing the shadows’ – which is the subtitle for
a delightful new disc from Charivari Agréable, who say they’re
‘trying to re-light the cornett’s gleam" CD Review, BBC Radio 3 |
INSTRUMENTARIUM
| Susanne Heinrich |
SH |
Six-string bass viol (M.D. Attwood, 1999) |
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Violone, after 17C iconography (R. Fink, 1998) |
b |
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Treble viol, after H. Jaye, mid-17C (M.D. Attwood,
1993) |
c |
| Kah-Ming Ng |
KMN |
Harpsichord, after G.B. Giusti, c.1681/1693 (D.
Evans, 1999) |
d |
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Chamber organ (V. Woodstock, 1996) |
e |
| Jamie Savan |
JS |
Cornett, after 17C Venetian originals (J. McCann,
2001) |
f |
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Mute cornett, after 17C Venetian originals (S.
Delmas, 2000) |
g |
| Lynda Sayce |
LS |
Chitarrone, after Tieffenbrucker III, Venice 1608
(D. Van Edwards, 1987) |
h |
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7-course lute (M. Lowe, 1998) |
i |
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8-course bass lute (I. Magherini, 2000) |
j |
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Baroque guitar, after Tesler, Ancona c.1620 (I.
Magherini, 2002) |
k |
| Oliver Webber |
OW |
Viola, after J. Guarnerius,
Cremona 1676 (R. Aitchison, 1999) |
l |
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Violin, after V. Linarol, 1581 (J. Julier, 1996) |
m |
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Violin (Edward Pamphilon, c.1680) |
n |
Strings in equal tension by Real Guts
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SH |
KMN |
JS |
LS |
OW |
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Gregorio Strozzi (c.1615-c.1687): Mascara sonata e
ballata da più Cavalieri Napolitani nel Regio Palazzo, arr. Kah-Ming
Ng
Capricci da sonare cembali, et organi, op. 4 (Naples, 1683) |
a |
d |
f |
k |
n |
[2.11] |
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Ciaccona mosaica
A pastiche of ciaccone by Antonio Bertali, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo
Frescobaldi, Tarquinio Merula and Claudio Monteverdi, comp. Kah-Ming
Ng |
a |
d |
f |
h |
n |
[5.49] |
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Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (c.1653-1723): Toccata in G minor, orig.
attr. B. Pasquini
Bologna, Civico museo bibliografico musicale, MS DD/53 |
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d |
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[1.39] |
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Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682): Sinfonia #22 in D
minor
MSS from Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria, and Turin,
Biblioteca
Nazionale Universitaria |
a |
d |
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h |
n |
[8.15] |
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Carlo Farina (c.1604-1639): Balletto primo à 3
Il primo libro delle pavane, gagliarde, brand: mascharata, aria
franzesa, volte,
balletti, sonate, canzone (Dresden, 1626) |
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e |
f |
k |
m |
[2.30] |
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Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570-1630): Sonata a tre per cornetto,
violino & basso continuo
Concerti Ecclesiastici…& sei sonate (Milan, 1610) |
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e |
f |
j |
m |
[3.25] |
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Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638): Chiaccona Cappona alla vera
Spagnola, reconstructed & arr. Lynda Sayce
Intavolatura di Liuto Libro Secondo (Bologna, 1639) |
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k |
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[4.00] |
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Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676): Canzon à 3 in A minor
Musiche sacre (Venice, 1656) |
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e |
f |
h |
l |
[6.04] |
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Giulio Mussi (dates unknown): Canzona l’Amaltea per sonar ‘a doi
Canti in ecco’
Il primo libro delle canzoni per sonar a due voci (Venice, 1620) |
c |
d |
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l |
m |
[3.32] |
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Carlo Farina: Sinfonia per sonare con doi violini
over cornetti à 3
Il terzo libro delle pavane, gagliarde, brand: mascherata, arie
franzese, volte, corrente, sinfonie (Dresden, 1627) |
b |
e |
f |
j |
m |
[1.43] |
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Giovanni Antonio Terzi (fl. c.1580-1600): Contraponto sopra Vestiva
i colli per sonar a duoi liutti in quarta o in concerto
Intavolatura di Liutto accomodata con diversi passaggi per suonar in
Concerti
a duoi Liutti, & solo, Libro primo (Venice, 1593) |
a |
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i |
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[5.39] |
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Giovanni Picchi (fl. 1600-1625): Ballo alla Polacha, arr.
Kah-Ming Ng
Intavolatura di balli d’arpicordo (Venice, 1621) |
c |
d |
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k |
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[4.54] |
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Giovanni Bassano (1561-1617): Diminuzioni per basso & canto sopra
Veni, veni, dilecte mi da G.P. da Palestrina
Motetti, Madrigali et Canzoni Francese (Venice, 1591) |
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e |
g |
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[4.22] |
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Bergamasca mosaica
A pastiche of bergamasche by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Bernardo
Gianoncelli,
Bernardo Pasquini, Salamone Rossi, Giovanni Salvatore
and Giovanni Battista Vitali, comp. Kah-Ming Ng |
c |
d |
g |
j |
l |
[6.00] |
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Total running time: |
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[60.11] |
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Order Code:
SIGCD054 Barcode:
635212005422 Release date:
February 2005
Recorded:
Recorded live in St Asaph Cathedral,
24 September 2004
Production & Engineering:
Floating Earth
Producer:
Gabriel Crouch Engineer:
Limo Hearne Editor:
Stephen Frost Booklet Notes:
David Bray, Boosey & Hawkes Artwork
& Design:
Woven Design Copyright:
© Copyright 2005 Signum Records Ltd |
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